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CONDITIONALS

ENGLISH 5
ZERO CONDITIONAL
TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL TRUTHS
THINGS THAT ALWAYS HAPPENED
LOGICAL THINGS

IF THE BABY IS HUNGRY, HE CRIES


IF I FREEZE WATER, IT TURNS TO ICE
IF I EAT SPICY FOOD, I GET STOMACHACHE

IF + SIMPLE PRESENT, SIMPLE PRESENT

I GET STOMACHACHE IF I EAT SPICY FOOD


FIRST CONDITIONAL
TO TALK ABOUT THINGS WHICH MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE
FUTURE.

IF IT RAINS, I WON´T GO TO THE PARK.


IF I STUDY, I WILL PASS THE EXAM.
IF I WORK, I WILL HAVE MONEY.

IF + SIMPLE PRESENT, SIMPLE FUTURE

I WILL HAVE MONEY IF I WORK

I will forgive (FORGIVE) PABLO IF HE tells (TELL) THE TRUTH.


SECOND CONDITIONAL
TO TALK ABOUT UNREAL POSSIBILITY.

IF I WON THE LOTTERY, I WOULD BUY A CAR.


IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY, I WOULD DONATE TO CHILDREN.
IF I MARRIED CHUCK BASS, I WOULD BE HAPPY.

IF + SIMPLE PAST, SUBJECT + WOULD + VERB PRES + COMP

I WOULD BE HAPPY IF I MARRIED CHUCK BASS.


SECOND CONDITIONAL
TO TALK ABOUT UNREAL POSSIBILITY.

IF I ________ (be) A TEACHER, I _______ (play)DIDACTIC GAMES.


IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD BREAK UP WITH HIM / HER.
IF I WERE A PRINCESS, I WOULD BE CINDERELLA.

I WOULD BE CINDERELLA IF I WERE A PRINCESS.

IF HE WERE OUR BOSS, WE´D CALL HIM SIR.

THEY WOULDN´T DO IT IF THEY DIDN´T ENJOY IT.


What would you do if you were a doctor?
If I were a doctor, I would help the poor.

What would you do if you had a lot of money?


If I had a lot of money, I would buy a house.

What would you do if you had superpowers?


If I had superpowers, I would save people.

Where would you go if you could travel anywhere in the world?


If I could travel anywhere in the world, I would go to Paris.
THIRD CONDITIONAL
TO TALK ABOUT PAST HYPOTHETHICAL OR UNREAL
SITUATION.
IF YOU HAD STUDIED, YOU WOULD HAVE PASSED THE EXAM.
(you didn´t study and you didn´t pass the exam)

IF I HAD HAD MONEY, I WOULD HAVE GONE TO CANCÚN.


(I didn´t have money so I didn´t go to Cancún)

IF + PAST PERFECT, SUBJECT + WOULD HAVE + VERB PP + COMP

I didn´t see you so I didn´t say hello.


IF I HAD SEEN YOU, I WOULD HAVE SAID HELLO.
If I __________ (not eat) so much, I _______ (not feel) sick.
If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick (but I did eat a lot, and so I did feel sick).

If we ______________ (take) a taxi, we _______________ (not miss) the plane


If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the plane

She _____________ (become) a teacher if she ___________ (go) to university.


She would have become a teacher if she had gone to university.

She ___________ (be) tired if she ______________ (go) to bed earlier


She wouldn't have been tired if she had gone to bed earlier

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